1/3. 'Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.' So says Magnus Pym, the spy of the title; and he has betrayed a lot in his life - countries, friends and lovers. When Magnus disappears after his father's funeral MI6 launches an urgent manhunt to prevent his defection. 

2/3. When Magnus Pym disappears after his father's funeral MI6 launches an urgent manhunt to prevent his defection. But Pym is on a search of his own to solve the central mystery of his life - what made him the perfect spy.

3/3. As the MI6 manhunt closes in on Magnus Pym he attempts to solve the mystery of what - or who - created his talent for deception. Was it the betrayal and lies of his con man father, Rick? Or the man who recruited him to MI6 - Jack Brotherhood? Or was it Axel, the Czech agent he has known since his teens? All of them have marked his life in some way.

CAST
Magnus Pym	        Julian Rhind-Tutt
Jack Brotherhood	Bill Paterson
Rick Pym	        Michael Maloney
Mary	                Ruth Gemmell
Lippsie	                Melody Grove
Syd Lemon	        Ewan Bailey
Sefton Boyd	        Tom Forrister
Nigel	                Gerard McDermott
Georgie	                Samara MacLaren
Fergus	                Tom Stuart
Peggy Wentworth	        Aoife McMahon
Author	                John Le Carre
Adaptor	                Robert Forrest
Director	        Bruce Young